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“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of books.”
- Hazel Butterfield
- 05 February 2024
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
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How can you tell the difference between someone who is proud of their achievements to those who boast to cover up a deeper issue?
Do you like to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’ or happy to just bake them a cake?
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My weekend is fully booked
- Hazel Butterfield
- 15 December 2023
“My alma mater was books, a good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.” - Malcolm X
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There's a lot of killing but it's fiction, so it's fine...
'To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.'
- W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
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I Like Big Books And I Cannot Lie...
- Hazel Butterfield
- 07 September 2023
"Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while." – Malorie Blackman
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We read to know we are not alone. – C.S. Lewis
"I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them." – Emma Thompson
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